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Gardening

jmbar2

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17. good advice

Reply to Botany (Reply #16)

Thu May 20, 2021, 10:09 PM

May 2021

The blue bush is all over town, so I am assuming it is native. It's also sold in stores, but easy to propagate.

The coastal grasses indeed do stabilize the sandy soil, so mostly it stays. I just need to create a barrier between it and the garden. But the blackberries are rascals...

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Anyone ever tried (and succeeded) in getting a Trumpet Vine under control? [View all] Siwsan May 2021 OP

High grade plutonium usually works. ret5hd May 2021 #1

Yup - pretty much what I'm thinking Siwsan May 2021 #2

It can be done. Deternine your containment area treat it like like you would bamboo. marble falls May 2021 #3

Thanks. I filled 2 yard waste bags with what I cut, today Siwsan May 2021 #4

If I'd only learned that gardening is a major operation when I thought I knew all I needed to know. marble falls May 2021 #6

From the internet Fullduplexxx May 2021 #5

Do you want to control it or kill it? Botany May 2021 #7

At this point, probably just control it. Siwsan May 2021 #9

Cut the whole thing back to the main part of the Botany May 2021 #10

Thanks for the info! Siwsan May 2021 #11

Not good on wooden fences. Botany May 2021 #12

What about blackberry bushes? jmbar2 May 2021 #13

Blackberry Bushes are really tough to control .... in many ecological restoration projects they .... Botany May 2021 #14

Hugely helpful jmbar2 May 2021 #15

make sure to i.d. the shrub before you propagate it ... DO NOT PROPAGATE ANY NON NATIVE PLANT Botany May 2021 #16

good advice jmbar2 May 2021 #17

post its name ... latin if possible ..... and where you live and i can tell you if it is a native Botany May 2021 #18

I'm pretty sure it is a Lithadora Diffusa jmbar2 May 2021 #19

Do not plant or propagate it. Where do you live? General location Botany May 2021 #20

I'm on the Oregon coast - Newport jmbar2 May 2021 #21

Plant one of these Botany May 2021 #22

hahaha jmbar2 May 2021 #23

I kill them. Kali May 2021 #8